The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans has historically been high, with more than half of people dying. Why, then, is the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak—which has ...
Pre-existing immunity against seasonal H1N1 flu might help explain why most reported human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. have not resulted in lethal outcomes, suggests a new study by University ...
'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in mice. A protein identified nearly 40 years ago ...
There is an undeniable connection between a strong immune system and nutrition. Learn why what you eat matters and other ways to boost your immune system.
Hai-Hui "Howard" Xue, Ph.D., of the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) have shown how a critical pathway is fundamental to the immune system, in a new papers in the journal ...
The interferon regulatory factor (IRF) family of transcription factors, pivotal for initiating antiviral type I interferon ...